Book Descriptions
for The Children Who Smelled a Rat by Allan Ahlberg and Katharine McEwen
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
This fast-paced adventure begins with a mysterious package, baby Gary in a runaway shopping cart, and an oddly behaving teacher. Seemingly unrelated events come together in the surprise ending. The author and illustrator playfully use varied font, a slightly backward table of contents, tongue-in-cheek commentary, and talking cats and mice throughout this humorous story . si
Originally published by Walker Books Great Britain, in 2005.
Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children's Books. © USBBY, 2011. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
All the Gaskitts have a bad day when the baby rolls away in a shopping cart, the twins' teacher acts peculiar, and a lost bird tries to hypnotize the cat.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
